"Based on my slogan 'Keep It Smart and Simple (K.I.S.S.),' the planning phase is essential for a successful implementation of a Hyper-V environment."
Andreas Baumgarten – MVP System Center Cloud and Datacenter Management
This chapter provides an overview of how to automate the installation of the best practice Hyper-V host and its first running virtual machines. You will learn how to create unattended installations of Hyper-V with minimal effort. All the examples shown in this chapter are proven real-world best practice.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Planning the Hyper-V host
Unattended installation of Hyper-V through XML files
Rapid deployment of virtual machines